Car Control

Quick access to essential car functions: toggle the pit speed limiter, headlights, Push To Pass, DRS, starter, ignition, or tear off your visor — plus exit the car with Escape or pause the sim — all from a single button.

Modes

Select the mode from the Control dropdown in the Property Inspector.

Pit Speed Limiter

Toggle the pit speed limiter.

Details

Dial: No rotation support
Default binding: A
Telemetry-aware icon: Yes — the icon reflects the current pit limiter state from iRacing telemetry in real time

Settings

No additional settings

Push To Pass

Activate Push To Pass / Overtake for IndyCar, Super Formula, LMDh, and other cars with OTP.

Details

Dial: No rotation support
Default binding: No default key binding — Push To Pass has no default iRacing binding, so you must configure it in both iRacing and the Property Inspector
Telemetry-aware icon: Yes — the icon reads P2P_Status (not the momentary button press) so it shows whether overtake power is currently active, not just whether you pressed the button

Settings

No additional settings

DRS

Toggle DRS on Formula cars.

Details

Dial: No rotation support
Default binding: No default key binding — DRS has no default iRacing binding, so you must configure it in both iRacing and the Property Inspector
Telemetry-aware icon: Yes — the icon reads DRS_Status to show whether DRS is currently open

Settings

No additional settings

Headlight Flash

Flash the headlights while the button is held. Useful for multi-class racing communication.

Details

Dial: No rotation support; press and hold the dial to flash, release to stop
Default binding: No default key binding — Headlight Flash has no default iRacing binding, so you must configure it in both iRacing and the Property Inspector
Telemetry-aware icon: No

Settings

No additional settings

Tear Off Visor

Tear off a layer of visor film in open-wheel cars, clearing the view.

Details

Dial: No rotation support
Default binding: No default key binding — Tear Off Visor has no default iRacing binding, so you must configure it in both iRacing and the Property Inspector
Telemetry-aware icon: No

Settings

No additional settings

Ignition

Toggle the ignition on or off.

Details

Dial: No rotation support
Default binding: I
Telemetry-aware icon: No

Settings

No additional settings

Starter

Engage the car starter. Hold the button to crank.

Details

Dial: No rotation support; press and hold the dial to crank, release to stop
Default binding: S
Telemetry-aware icon: No

Settings

No additional settings

Enter/Exit/Tow

Context-aware car entry, exit, pit reset, or tow. The icon updates dynamically based on your current iRacing state, and the button uses a hold pattern — press and hold to confirm the action. Enter Car is instant; Exit, Reset to Pits, and Tow each have an optional auto-hold checkbox that taps the button for you.

Details

Dial: No rotation support; manual hold holds Shift+R while the button is pressed. When auto-hold is on for the active state, a single tap holds it for 1.5 seconds or until you press again
Default binding: Shift+R
Telemetry-aware icon: Yes — the icon switches between Enter Car, Exit Car, Reset to Pits, and Tow based on whether you are out of the car, in the pits, on track in a non-race session, or on track in a race

Setting: State icons

Enter/Exit/Tow automatically picks one of four display states based on live telemetry. There is no setting to override this — it is shown here only to document the mapping:

Enter Car — Out of car (replay or spectator); the icon shows a car with an inward arrow
Exit Car — In the pits; the icon shows a car with an outward arrow
Reset to Pits — On track in a non-race session; the icon shows a car with a reset arrow
Tow — On track in a race session; the icon shows a tow hook

Setting: Auto-hold

Three independent checkboxes pick which hold-based states use auto-hold. Each one applies only when the matching telemetry state is active, so you can mix manual and auto-hold per state (for example, auto-hold for tow but manual for exit). Enter Car is instant and has no checkbox.

Off (default) — Hold the button to hold Shift+R; release the button to release it
On — A single tap holds Shift+R for 1.5 seconds automatically; tap again during those 1.5 seconds to cancel early

Escape

Send the Escape key to exit the car or dismiss dialogs. The Escape key is hardcoded and is not affected by any Property Inspector key binding.

Details

Dial: No rotation support; manual hold holds Escape while the button is pressed, auto-hold releases after 1.5 seconds or when you press again
Default binding: Escape (hardcoded — iRacing always uses Escape for this action, so the binding is not user-configurable)
Telemetry-aware icon: No

Setting: Auto Hold

Off (default) — Hold the button to hold Escape; release the button to release Escape
On — A single tap holds Escape for 1.5 seconds automatically; tap again during those 1.5 seconds to cancel early

Pause Sim

Pause the simulation.

Details

Dial: No rotation support
Default binding: Shift+P
Telemetry-aware icon: No

Settings

No additional settings